Every custom home begins with ideas and dreams. Many future homeowners have home clippings, floor plans and home photos that they have saved.
FLOOR PLAN BOOKS
For starters it is a great idea to buy a nice big floor plan book. One that we have found very helpful is “The House Plan Bible“. You can go to Amazon.com and purchase it. Just today I saw some used one of The House Plan Bible adverized for under. Even new we paid under $20 for our copy. With over 550 pages of quality floor plans, photos, and helpful text everyone starting the home journey should invest in one.
Look around on Amazon for other floor plan books. There are several that looked high quality.
MAGAZINES
Magazines are also great sources. For anywhere from a minimal $10 to just under $20 one can obtain the current building ideas and trends as well new floor plans. Amazon carries everything from Better Homes and Gardens, to Metropolitan Home, to Home & Design Magazine.
It is also a good idea to subscribe to home building magazines. For log homes and log cabins popular ones include Log Home Living, Log Home Illustrated, and Country’s Best Log Homes. Personally I like Log Home Living the best, as it has better layouts detailing floor plans and coinciding photos of the homes.
HOME SHOWS
The other wonderful source of home ideas is the Home Shows. Many many towns host home shows once or twice a year. Some major advantages to these shows is meeting contractors, cabinet suppliers, landscape companies, etc. face to face and to see samples of their products.
One can never do too much planning. The very most satisfied customers we have are ones who plan for even a few years for their home. Using the resources above also can help you along the way.
Happy Custom Home Journey
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